The False Creek pumping station is pretty obvious; the Coal Harbour one not so much.

"I heard from pro-housing advocates who said this will reduce costs, and I appreciate that, and I heard from renters, who said it will have the opposite effect. So I'm very torn on this, um, yeah, and I just wish I had a little more information to make the right decision on this one"

my peak housing activism days were ~10 years ago, so I'm ancient compared to a lot of the people doing housing stuff today. and I remember how he would constantly say terrible things about housing online and in his locally popular column, but a lot of people don't have that context

oh man you have no fucking idea how bad www.reillywood.com/articles/sea...

I think the pro-housing people who told others to vote for Orr were a little too trusting and well, there are worse things to be.

The ones who *still* defend him are pretty dumb though

They have to do all kinds of weird shit to pretend that they're a wholesaler because Vancouver's planning department decided that this *one building* was appropriate for a bajillion different uses but not retail (unless you're selling cars). And god forbid an accountant or travel agency open up here

my theory is that it's because it looks cool on the outside: bsky.app/profile/grid...

curves look good on a building's exterior but it seems like they always make the inside worse

I went to both last year and enjoyed them both equally. Different vibes

I think it's pretty good these days! Avoided it for a long time after a few unpleasant experiences early on, but I thoroughly enjoyed it last year

I see you’re both wrong *and* facetious, very cool

I spoke in favour of a new building that blocked the mountain view from my patio! I submitted comments in favour of new buildings just across the street!

but I like that they fly my Magic cards from Ontario+Quebec over for pennies